OUR STORY

Built by someone who's driven the roads himself.

ARK Global Logistics started as one person's plan, drawn up during a global shutdown, to fix a freight system he'd spent two decades inside. Today it moves steel, fertilizer, sulphur, zinc, bitumen and containerized cargo across East and Southern Africa's port corridors.

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I'd spent years watching good cargo get stuck behind bad coordination. ARK exists to close that gap — not by owning more trucks, but by owning the relationships that make freight move.

Suresh Rao Kancharana

FOUNDER & CEO

~20 years

In logistics before founding ARK

~450 trucks

Personally operated for roughly a decade

2019

Founded ARK Global Logistics, RAKEZ, UAE

1 person

The plan was drawn up alone, during COVID lockdowns

HOW WE GOT HERE

Six years, two live corridors, one more on the way.

2019

Founded in RAKEZ, UAE — a one-man operation built on two decades of on-the-ground experience.

2020–22

Built out the Dar es Salaam corridor into Zambia and Malawi.

2023–24

Added the Beira corridor into Zimbabwe and Zambia, running alongside Dar es Salaam.

2025

Shifted cargo mix toward steel and metals as regional demand evolved.

2026

Building ARKonnect and opening a third corridor through Walvis Bay, Namibia.

STILL THE SAME IDEA

One platform. Shippers find trucks. Carriers find loads.

Asset-light, on purpose

No fleet, no warehouses — a vetted network of 200+ transporters coordinated through one team.

Multi-corridor by design

Running Dar es Salaam and Beira at once, with Walvis Bay next — no fleet relocation needed to open a new port.

Built on relationships

ARK stays the one accountable point of contact, from booking through to a single invoice.

BUILDING NOW

The superhighway of Africa is almost ready.

One platform. Every load, every truck, every mile — live.

THE PLATFORM

ARKconnect

Coming this month

Tell us what needs to move.

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